BrandiQ Report
The Nigerian government has disclosed that the current plastic national identity card will be replaced with a digital means of identification.
Rauf Aregbesola, the minister of interior said this last Thursday, when speaking with the press.
The government further disclosed that the current plastic national identity card will be replaced with a digital means of identification. Aregbesola, made the disclosure to the press after the committee on citizen data management and harmonisation held a meeting with the president, Daily Trust reported.
The minister, who also chairs the committee, said that the card is no more the focus, adding that the important thing is the National Identity Number (NIN). He said the digital process will be to be domiciled in the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC).
Similarly, the minister of communications and digital economy, Ali Pantami who was present at the press briefing, stated that the world had gone digital so we should stop focusing on the production of cards.. Pantami explained further that the government was now focused on the digital ID and not on the card. “Now, our focus is no longer on producing cards, that card is only for record purposes, but what is important now is the digital ID, and if you notice we have started using the digital ID on the international passport”.
